Dry herb vaporizers and oil vape pens are very different devices. The key difference is the materials used inside each type of vaporizer. Also, the heating systems are very different. Oil Vapes typically have oil that's filled inside a cartridge. Dry herb vapes are more like a convection oven heating system, where it will heat the herbs at a temperature so that it creates vapor. There are herb vapes that combust herbs, but those are for people who prefer smoke over vapor. Read this comparison between dry herb vapes and oil vapes to learn more.

Vaping has gained a lot of momentum in recent years as an alternative to smoking. Vaporizing heats dry herbs, oils, waxes or other concentrates to a high enough temperature to get them to turn to an inhalable vapor but not so high that the substance combusts or burns. Smoke caused by combustion contains many carcinogens not present in vapor. Additionally, vaporizing provides a cleaner taste so you can fully enjoy the flavor of dry herbs, oils and wax concentrates. There are many types of vaporizers designed for different purposes. We will go into more depth on the types of dry herb vaporizers and how vaping dry herbs differs from smoking them.